Finding Pagan Aspies

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First, I know some say Pagan, others Pegan. It matters not to me. Also, I know there is a spectrum of pagan beliefs that dwarfs the Pervasive Development Disorder Spectrum (I can laugh at what I believe in)

I'm just wondering how I would find such people in real life?

I talked online to one person who was a nearby Autistic Pagan in Sevierville, but lost contact with her (bloody messaging account got messed up)
Would have been nice to have a friend who did not look at my beliefs as stupid-illogical (atheists) or demon-worship (christianity) and understood aspies.

There are a LOT of Aspies in the pagan community. If you're trying to find others to meet up with in person, you might try putting up a profile or personals ad on a site like WitchVox or PaganPlace. Or join in the public pagan scene in your locale (festivals, open circles, study groups, events at occult book stores, Pagan Pride Day events) and try to find the others that way.

You might be interested in this post (one of the first hits if you Google "pagan aspergers"): http://theotherside.wordpress.com/2008/ ... -syndrome/
ETA: this one is also good--check out all the comments from pagan Aspies: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/pantheon/2 ... aspergers/

i am buddhist. so i maybe a pagan? i dont know these dumb categories.

anyway, just believe or dont believe, in whatever you want or dont want.

as long as you become happy and make others happy, just by being yourself. thats the most important thing.

Thanks for the articles, and the link to the networking site. I enjoyed the articles immensely. I remember reading somewhere that the stories of changeling children were thought to originate from aspergers/autism in babies.
Buddhists could call themselves pegan, it's rather undefined like that.

I belong to a local pagan group. They tend to be filled with "eccentric" people in general, and it would not surprise me in the least if some of them were on the spectrum.

Environmentalists are considered Pagan.

I'm curious about paganism, myself.

What manner of paganism do you believe in?

Why? After all, there's little to no proof of an Abrahamic God, let alone a collection of superhumans atop Mount Olympus, witchcraft or wood spirits or whatever. I'm not trying to proselytize or deconvert anyone, but I'm curious what might inspire someone to believe in witchcraft or a pantheon.

I lubricate my engine with a magical witches brew called synthetic oil which lasts forever.

I use 0w40 engine oil. As far as 20w40 goes synthetic oil claims to have the magical property of being both a multigrade 20w40 and a straight SAE 40 grade at the same time.

Some hot running diesel 2 stroke engines require SAE 40 grade oil and the engine will burn up if 15w40 is used. But those rules do not apply to a magical oil. If an oil has magical Newtonian and non-newtonian properties a mechanic must honor the warranty.

*Begins to laugh*

I'd label myself a Pantheist-Animist (A contradiction, I admit) - Druidic or Shamanistic (not either because I have not learned enough)
As to explaining the idea - I believe all things have a unique "spirit" and that all things are connected. Somewhat a mix of the Native American Manitou and Einstein's Universe-God.
I am bardic - amateur folklorist
It's a spirituality based on how I see things and reality. I can no more disprove it than prove reaity, because both are entwined to me.

I'm something of an animist. Wouldn't call myself a pagan though, has too many connotations (like wicca and druidry) that don't fit with my worldview.

I just interact with nature as if individual things had a spiritual essence. I think that kind of behaviour is hardwired (it's the most primitive form of religion, after all). I don't know if 'spirit' actually exists, though. It's more a way of being for me than a set of beliefs.

I don't believe in 'souls'. I see 'spirit' as a different concept.

Was that magic half silvered mirror in that Snow White movie real?